How does thanet earth claim to be sustainable

Waste and Recycling The Waste and Recycling Department are amending the waste collection routes to increase efficiencies with a potential for decreased emissions. Thanet Coast Project The Thanet Coast Project raises awareness of the importance of marine and bird life and works with local people and visitors delivering seashore safaris.

See for the full list of online seashore safaris visit the Thanet Coast website Permalink. What we intend to do Thanet District Council has control over its own land e. Fundamentally everything is guided by government policy and law. Trees and Biodiversity Devise a Tree and Biodiversity strategy for Thanet to increase tree cover and to create a functional and beautiful biodiversity network throughout the district.

Community and stakeholder engagement Survey residents and businesses on issues related to climate change, low carbon habits and barriers to behaviour change, as well as their opinions on emerging Thanet District Council strategies. Planning In the local plan review, devise new ambitious planning policies to work towards low and zero carbon housing for new housing developments.

Education Inform residents of climate change related issues and how they can take part in the fight against global warming and the ecological crisis. Facilitate residents and community groups Facilitate residents and community groups with low carbon and biodiversity related actions including actions on health and poverty which will produce a healthy, sustainable, low carbon future. Funding Investigate funding opportunities to enable the actions within the climate change and biodiversity strategy.

Longer term actions: Mitigation — Understand the effect of climate change on the Isle of Thanet and put in place mitigation measures. Policies — Embed climate change action into all new policies and activities to ensure that they are working towards the zero carbon target.

Take part in the fight against climate change Research has shown in order for the UK to reach net carbon zero everyone needs to work together, so we need your help! Reducing your carbon emissions As individuals our carbon footprint is made up of The food we eat The way we travel The energy we use in our homes The things we buy Here are some tips to reduce your carbon footprint. Try to eat a diet with more vegetables, beans and pulses e.

Meat contributes greatly to climate change through the methane that cows and sheep produce which is a much stronger greenhouse gas than CO 2.

Imported meat contributes to the destruction of the rainforests but so does the UK meat and diary industry itself. Some of the food our animals are fed is purchased from other countries where they are cutting down trees to clear land to grow the animal feed. The manure that animals produce also release methane and a strong greenhouse gas called nitrous oxide adding the carbon footprint of meat consumption.

View this BBC article here for more information and to calculate your food footprint A diet with a lot of fruit and vegetables is also good for your health so this change will also be good for your life overall. So by only buying the food you will definitely eat you will save money and reduce your carbon footprint. One way to reduce waste is to design a weekly meal plan.

For other tips see: How to cut food waste and save cash. If you have a car, try to use it less — choose to cycle or walk if possible. Make friends with others who want to walk or cycle more, form or join a group.

Use local recycling systems if you do need to dispose of items e. See what goes in what bin Find out about garden waste colelctions Repair items instead of buying new. Look into repairing items instead of buying new. Look into changing to a more green energy supplier. This may not save you money, but it may also not cost anymore. Things that cost money upfront but you may be able to get help from the government or conservation groups : Investigate fitting: loft insulation double glazing wall insulation in your house Plant a tree or more than one View our Energy in the Home page for more information and advice Things that will cost you money up front: Get an e bike to cycle to work.

There may also be cycle to work schemes through your work that will reduce the cost of the bike. Get solar panels on your roof which will provide electricity without using fossil fuels you can also charge your electric bike using them! Buy an electric car Install a heat pump for low carbon heating. Use bags for life or canvas bags when shopping to reduce single use bags Consider your purchases. The production of the items we buy makes a massive demand on the natural world.

Things that likely cost nothing Join local volunteering groups Get involved with In Bloom local events and show off your garden. Get involved with Kent Wildlife Trust activities Get involved with the Thanet Coast Project to help save our marine biodiversity Save as much of your front and back garden for nature as possible Things that cost a small amount of money: Grow bee loving flowers such as lavender, rosemary and borage. Buy food from local suppliers who look after wildlife whilst growing the food Permalink.

Useful information Documentaries David Attenborough Extinction. A Planet for us all. What's new here is the scale. This is the biggest greenhouse site of its kind in Britain. You get no soil-borne diseases. It the largest such project ever attempted in the UK.

Given the right conditions, the produce grows two to four times faster than normal. The plants will be grown in beds, on mats of rock wool - a natural, absorbent fibre made by melting rock and blowing air through it, a process much like making candyfloss.

The beds will then be placed in a system of guttering suspended from the greenhouse ceiling on metal cables and hanging at waist height to allow easy harvesting.

A cable drip will feed each plant with water, and nitrogen, phosphate, potassium and magnesium. In the greenhouse, every inch of metal is painted white to reflect as much light as possible. The floor is covered with white plastic to reflect sunlight. In winter, the greenhouses are warmed and illuminated artificially.

In summer, shades block out the sun if temperatures get too high. Conditions inside are so bright that workers have to wear sunglasses. Despite being heated, the owners claim the greenhouses are not damaging to the environment.

Each building has its own combined heat and power plant. They use mains gas to generate electricity and the heat from the generators is channelled back into the greenhouses - as is the waste carbon dioxide.

Fifty million gallons of water will be stored at seven reservoirs. Incredibly, worker bees are also released into the greenhouses to pollinate the plants. The agencies have done whatever they want, and Thanet Earth and the supermarkets have let them.

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